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title: "Countries Influenced From Ancient India"  
description: "The Government of India’s ‘Act East policy’ aims at improving economic and political relations with the Southeast Asian region"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-13  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1555/countries-influenced-from-ancient-india  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Culture", "Indian culture", "cultural spread", "Indian heritage", "Indian history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Countries Influenced From Ancient India

![Countries Influenced From Ancient India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/75368e53-5880-4169-911d-ac3617903821/images/ca7f7736-b836-4ee6-9aed-b44d836662f6.jpeg) ![Countries Influenced From Ancient India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/75368e53-5880-4169-911d-ac3617903821/images/09bd8c29-3fbb-4a14-807b-308475fb3417.jpeg) Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, and the Indonesian archipelago. ![Countries Influenced From Ancient India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/75368e53-5880-4169-911d-ac3617903821/images/f0505721-af77-44a3-af02-54b519377eae.jpeg) The impact of Indian culture was profound, especially in parts of Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, and the Indonesian archipelago. ![Countries Influenced From Ancient India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/75368e53-5880-4169-911d-ac3617903821/images/fe1613c5-87fa-4656-85df-6d89807476bf.jpeg) Local rulers adopted concepts of state and kingship as well as urban development and hydraulic engingeering ![Countries Influenced From Ancient India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/75368e53-5880-4169-911d-ac3617903821/images/56d3abe0-3d45-4398-8613-2db821705dd9.jpeg) They also embraced a script and literature in the Sanskrit language. ![Countries Influenced From Ancient India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/75368e53-5880-4169-911d-ac3617903821/images/d8320e86-4e8c-416a-abf2-0473e29f8a0f.jpeg) Indian culture influenced many countries

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